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ASIC increases short selling surveillance

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2021
ASIC is putting short sellers on notice, warning them that any information released on a target company must be accurate and objective. The corporate watchdog outlined several areas that it will keep an eye on in the newly released Information Sheet ...

BlackRock wins monumental mandate

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  THURSDAY, 3 JUN 2021
In what is reportedly one of the biggest transfers of retirement savings to date, BlackRock has won the first external investment mandate for two of the largest defined benefit schemes in the UK. BlackRock will be the outsourced chief investment officer ...

Advisers jump onto paraplanning platform

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2021
A platform that connects financial advisers to paraplanners has onboarded over 250 users in the short time since it launched. Tanngo is streamlining the way advisers source paraplanning staff, growing to 140 advisers and 120 paraplanners since it set ...

How noise impacts trading performance

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2021
... researchers interviewed professional traders and conducted three laboratory studies to test judgements of financial asset risk. In short, their findings showed the buzz of a trading floor sharpened traders' ability to properly assess risk in markets ...

Northern Trust appoints head of APAC

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 JUN 2021
Northern Trust has promoted its country head of Australia to lead the asset servicing business across Asia Pacific, taking over from William Mak. Angelo Calvitto has been with Northern Trust for over 13 years. He has been managing director, country ...

Head of sales departs Crestone

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2021
Crestone Wealth Management has lost its head of sales, with a replacement yet to be appointed. Edward Blight, who was with the business for more than five years, has departed. He was with Crestone for more than five years including as head of investment ...

Investors move to thematic funds

ANNABELLE DICKSON  |  TUESDAY, 1 JUN 2021
... thematic funds, it is important for investors to understand if a theme is a valid strategy for the long-term, or it's just a short-term fad. Our analysis suggests that the odds of picking a thematic fund that survives and outperforms global equities ...

Chief economist update: The UK's going OK

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 31 MAY 2021
The country hasn't fully opened yet but easing restrictions, increased rate of vaccinations and stronger consumer and business spending combined to speed up the UK's recovery. This is underscored by the latest IHS Markit/CIPS PMI survey. Preliminary ...

Court says minister has 'duty of care' in coal investment

ELIZABETH MCARTHUR  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2021
... court ruled that the minister does have a duty of care and should not make a decision that harms young people, but stopped short of preventing the minister from approving the Vickery extension. The judge instead called upon the parties to confer on orders ...

Chief economist update: Victoria's victory against the virus voided

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 28 MAY 2021
... newly-imposed seven-day lockdown would go the same way of the five-day lockdown imposed only three months earlier (February) - short and minimal disruption to economic activity and the short-circuiting the spread of infections. Then again, all might ...